1 00:00:14,139 --> 00:00:17,339 Welcome to the Lansdale Life Church podcast. 2 00:00:18,399 --> 00:00:24,100 If you're seeking a closer relationship with Jesus Christ, this podcast is for you. 3 00:00:24,660 --> 00:00:27,120 Thank you for joining us today. 4 00:00:35,460 --> 00:00:40,979 And so, without further ado, we're going to dive in, of course, to Acts chapter 5. 5 00:00:41,439 --> 00:00:45,240 If you haven't noticed, if you're kind of new to Calvary chapels or new to this church, 6 00:00:45,700 --> 00:00:48,079 we go through the Bible, okay? 7 00:00:48,119 --> 00:00:50,020 We take little chunk by little chunk. 8 00:00:50,020 --> 00:00:57,240 We try to keep things to a theme within the scripture, you know, so we don't, you know, 9 00:00:57,500 --> 00:01:01,979 go through too many things at once and it becomes convoluted and confusing. 10 00:01:02,859 --> 00:01:07,579 And so today, we're only going through verses 12 to 16. 11 00:01:09,040 --> 00:01:13,620 And I just want to, for you to prepare your hearts now, 12 00:01:14,400 --> 00:01:19,319 because I really believe the Lord wants to do something great here this morning. 13 00:01:19,319 --> 00:01:22,439 I think He wants to bring physical healing. 14 00:01:22,859 --> 00:01:28,420 Anyone suffering today with some healing that you would like to receive from the Lord? 15 00:01:28,540 --> 00:01:31,819 I know I am. I have several things, you know. 16 00:01:32,519 --> 00:01:37,780 And so I believe there's going to be something coming your way from the Lord this morning 17 00:01:37,780 --> 00:01:41,680 as we read His word and honor His word and believe what it says. 18 00:01:41,920 --> 00:01:43,560 I believe we're going to receive that. 19 00:01:44,079 --> 00:01:46,680 And if not for you, someone you know and love, you know, 20 00:01:46,900 --> 00:01:48,219 perhaps the Lord is going to do that. 21 00:01:48,219 --> 00:01:53,060 So we're really going to focus in on that as we dive into this. 22 00:01:53,640 --> 00:01:59,579 And just to sort of set it up, we're going to give a little intro about where we've been very brief. 23 00:01:59,859 --> 00:02:02,819 But let's pray and thank the Lord for His word. 24 00:02:03,260 --> 00:02:06,640 Father God, I just thank You for this dear family of brothers and sisters. 25 00:02:07,400 --> 00:02:12,520 Lord, I thank You that You are the same yesterday, today, and forever, Lord. 26 00:02:13,319 --> 00:02:16,199 And You, You are, we can trust Your character. 27 00:02:16,199 --> 00:02:19,960 And, Lord, we can trust who You are, Lord. 28 00:02:20,560 --> 00:02:26,500 And we ask You to move in the same way You moved in the early church today, 29 00:02:26,840 --> 00:02:30,659 in today's churches, specifically in Lansdale Life Church. 30 00:02:30,800 --> 00:02:35,740 We're believing that You will do the same thing today as You've done in the past. 31 00:02:35,879 --> 00:02:39,120 And You will do the same thing in the future as well. 32 00:02:39,900 --> 00:02:42,020 So, Lord, we thank You, we trust You. 33 00:02:42,419 --> 00:02:45,800 And, Lord, we ask You to open up our minds to Your scripture, Lord. 34 00:02:45,800 --> 00:02:48,800 I just pray that You would block me from any distractions 35 00:02:49,360 --> 00:02:53,219 so that I could just rest fully in what Your word says 36 00:02:53,219 --> 00:02:55,479 and what You want to say here this morning. 37 00:02:55,939 --> 00:02:58,259 I ask this in Jesus' name, amen. 38 00:02:59,780 --> 00:03:02,800 So, we see we're up to chapter 5 of Acts. 39 00:03:03,479 --> 00:03:06,379 And I just want to go over a few of the things that we've observed 40 00:03:06,379 --> 00:03:11,719 that really made for the culture and the conditions 41 00:03:11,719 --> 00:03:14,639 for the growth of the kingdom of God. 42 00:03:14,639 --> 00:03:17,020 Tammy, if you have that first slide up, 43 00:03:17,900 --> 00:03:21,800 the early church grew where five conditions were present. 44 00:03:21,919 --> 00:03:25,259 Now, there's a lot of sub-conditions in there too, you know. 45 00:03:25,979 --> 00:03:30,479 But really where there were five things active in the church. 46 00:03:31,439 --> 00:03:33,539 And we've observed that right from Pentecost, 47 00:03:33,699 --> 00:03:38,099 first and foremost was the Holy Spirit came upon the saints. 48 00:03:38,340 --> 00:03:43,479 In fact, Jesus said, don't do a thing until you receive Him, okay? 49 00:03:43,479 --> 00:03:46,300 Just stay put. You're going to do some damage otherwise. 50 00:03:46,580 --> 00:03:50,560 Just stay put because apart from me, you can do nothing, okay? 51 00:03:50,919 --> 00:03:55,020 So, He said, wait for the Holy Spirit to come. 52 00:03:55,520 --> 00:03:58,240 So, without the Holy Spirit, we can do nothing, right? 53 00:03:58,539 --> 00:04:01,159 So, the Holy Spirit fell at Pentecost. 54 00:04:01,699 --> 00:04:03,180 And from that point on, really, 55 00:04:03,520 --> 00:04:09,480 the church has to rely on the Holy Spirit to fuel us in everything we do. 56 00:04:09,479 --> 00:04:13,460 Otherwise, we're moving in the flesh and the carnal man, 57 00:04:13,840 --> 00:04:17,560 and it's not going according to God's will, right? 58 00:04:17,959 --> 00:04:21,100 We're like, the Holy Spirit's like the fuel in the gasoline. 59 00:04:21,480 --> 00:04:24,220 Fuel in the gas tank, okay? 60 00:04:24,600 --> 00:04:30,259 And it's what propels us and our church by the Holy Spirit. 61 00:04:30,959 --> 00:04:33,220 And so, first and foremost is the Holy Spirit. 62 00:04:33,699 --> 00:04:37,879 And if you notice, the Holy Spirit has something to do with the rest of these things. 63 00:04:37,879 --> 00:04:42,019 Because, of course, the next thing is the Word of God. 64 00:04:42,819 --> 00:04:47,779 Because Peter, after the Pentecost came and the Holy Spirit came upon them 65 00:04:47,779 --> 00:04:51,920 and filled them, Peter started preaching the Word, okay? 66 00:04:52,199 --> 00:04:54,779 Of course, people were like, cut to the heart, you know? 67 00:04:55,120 --> 00:05:00,220 Because the Holy Spirit, right, is active, sharper than a two-edged sword. 68 00:05:00,399 --> 00:05:01,139 And what does it do? 69 00:05:01,839 --> 00:05:03,100 It divides what? 70 00:05:03,680 --> 00:05:05,819 Soul and spirit, right? 71 00:05:06,560 --> 00:05:12,160 Joint and marrow, and we can peel that all part level, the metaphors for that, right? 72 00:05:12,300 --> 00:05:15,120 And then finally, the thoughts and the intentions. 73 00:05:16,019 --> 00:05:23,000 So, the Holy Spirit knows how to use the Word of God to do what it needs to do. 74 00:05:23,339 --> 00:05:27,579 To just dig in there like surgery and remove what needs to be removed 75 00:05:27,579 --> 00:05:30,959 and impute what needs to be put in there, right? 76 00:05:30,959 --> 00:05:35,300 And so, the Word of God, it's the sword of the Spirit, right? 77 00:05:36,039 --> 00:05:39,500 So, the Holy Spirit knows how to use the Word of God. 78 00:05:40,060 --> 00:05:43,800 And then the next thing we saw is repentance, okay? 79 00:05:44,279 --> 00:05:49,100 Because people heard this and they say, brothers, what must we do to be saved? 80 00:05:49,180 --> 00:05:51,420 Like, what's next, right? What do we got to do? 81 00:05:51,939 --> 00:05:56,079 He says, repent for the remission of sins, repent. 82 00:05:56,079 --> 00:06:00,879 And so, repentance, it's turning from our old ways. 83 00:06:01,100 --> 00:06:09,240 In fact, Isaiah's message yesterday was a lot about renewing your mind, that metamorphosis of the mind. 84 00:06:09,459 --> 00:06:13,399 Like, realizing that I got to turn from the direction I'm going in. 85 00:06:13,779 --> 00:06:19,040 And it really involves, well, in fact, Jesus said at his Last Supper Discourse, 86 00:06:19,160 --> 00:06:21,779 which stretches over several chapters of John, 87 00:06:22,699 --> 00:06:26,100 Jesus said, you know, you're sorry because I say that I'm leaving. 88 00:06:26,660 --> 00:06:28,279 It's good for you that I'm leaving. 89 00:06:28,579 --> 00:06:30,800 Because if I don't leave, the Holy Spirit would not come. 90 00:06:30,959 --> 00:06:33,519 And when he comes, he will fill you, 91 00:06:33,740 --> 00:06:38,279 but he will also convict the world of sin because they don't believe in me, right? 92 00:06:39,280 --> 00:06:42,279 Righteousness, because I go to my Father, but you're still here. 93 00:06:43,079 --> 00:06:46,160 You're the evidence of my righteousness. Think about that, right? 94 00:06:46,360 --> 00:06:47,819 I'm paraphrasing someone here. 95 00:06:48,620 --> 00:06:52,680 But you can read it for yourself in John chapter 16. 96 00:06:53,620 --> 00:06:54,759 And then what else did he say? 97 00:06:55,220 --> 00:06:58,839 And also to convict the world of judgment, 98 00:06:58,839 --> 00:07:04,139 because the ruler of this world has been judged, right? 99 00:07:04,339 --> 00:07:07,740 So the Holy Spirit brings that repentance 100 00:07:07,740 --> 00:07:12,480 and even the fear or the righteous reverent fear of the Lord. 101 00:07:12,600 --> 00:07:14,420 We looked into that last week, remember? 102 00:07:15,040 --> 00:07:18,240 Ananias and Sapphira, how when they were, you know, 103 00:07:18,339 --> 00:07:20,759 lying to the Holy Spirit and so forth, 104 00:07:21,139 --> 00:07:23,480 and suddenly the Lord just took them out. 105 00:07:23,699 --> 00:07:24,699 And we talked about that, 106 00:07:24,699 --> 00:07:28,439 that the Lord needed for his purposes to do that, 107 00:07:28,600 --> 00:07:30,259 to send a signal, okay, 108 00:07:30,759 --> 00:07:35,500 and to really get ahead of more sin 109 00:07:35,500 --> 00:07:37,839 that would compile because of that. 110 00:07:38,180 --> 00:07:39,980 Because we knew it was the work of Satan, 111 00:07:40,199 --> 00:07:43,660 and Ananias and Sapphira lie to the Holy Spirit 112 00:07:43,660 --> 00:07:45,879 and they were there for themselves. 113 00:07:46,920 --> 00:07:49,920 And really Peter knew that the Lord 114 00:07:49,920 --> 00:07:51,819 was going to put a stop to this right now. 115 00:07:51,899 --> 00:07:54,139 He needed to make an example out of Ananias 116 00:07:54,139 --> 00:07:55,879 and Sapphira right there. 117 00:07:56,300 --> 00:07:59,759 And fear broke out, like, whoa, like, you know, 118 00:07:59,800 --> 00:08:01,819 that means God's real, you know? 119 00:08:02,199 --> 00:08:04,040 And we talked a little bit last week about how, 120 00:08:04,120 --> 00:08:05,980 I don't know if you've ever watched those, you know, 121 00:08:06,199 --> 00:08:07,959 they mocked God and found out. 122 00:08:08,199 --> 00:08:09,759 I don't know if any of you have looked that up 123 00:08:09,759 --> 00:08:12,500 since I mentioned it, but it's pretty spooky 124 00:08:12,500 --> 00:08:16,279 when you see people literally either just fall, drop, down, 125 00:08:16,660 --> 00:08:18,560 you know, as they're mocking Jesus, 126 00:08:19,199 --> 00:08:21,579 or things that happened shortly after that, 127 00:08:21,699 --> 00:08:24,819 like the Olympics debacle either a year or two years ago 128 00:08:24,819 --> 00:08:27,019 when the lights totally went out 129 00:08:27,019 --> 00:08:33,039 after they did that ridiculous last supper of depravity. 130 00:08:34,480 --> 00:08:36,200 And I don't know if you, well, anyway, let's move on. 131 00:08:36,659 --> 00:08:37,700 But so you see what I'm saying? 132 00:08:38,080 --> 00:08:41,700 The Holy Spirit brings fear, a healthy fear, right? 133 00:08:41,700 --> 00:08:44,200 Because the beginning of understanding is the fear, 134 00:08:44,460 --> 00:08:46,340 but perfect love casts out fear. 135 00:08:46,779 --> 00:08:48,360 So once you fall in love with the Lord, 136 00:08:48,820 --> 00:08:51,000 you don't necessarily, you still revere Him, 137 00:08:51,399 --> 00:08:54,960 but you're not as fearful of, like, discipline and so forth, 138 00:08:55,000 --> 00:08:57,120 and you're certainly not fearful of wrath. 139 00:08:57,919 --> 00:09:02,500 You're more fearful of missing out on what He wants to bring. 140 00:09:02,620 --> 00:09:07,059 Really, that Holy FOMO, you know, fear of missing out 141 00:09:07,059 --> 00:09:09,200 on the Lord, what He wants to do. 142 00:09:09,340 --> 00:09:11,259 And, you know, I fear that a lot of times. 143 00:09:11,259 --> 00:09:13,419 I go, is there something God wants to be doing 144 00:09:13,419 --> 00:09:14,820 that I'm missing out on, you know? 145 00:09:15,179 --> 00:09:16,559 But it's that idea. 146 00:09:16,940 --> 00:09:19,940 So the Holy Spirit brings all this. 147 00:09:20,600 --> 00:09:22,879 And then next thing, of course, is the lifestyle 148 00:09:22,879 --> 00:09:24,840 and community of God. 149 00:09:25,279 --> 00:09:28,580 And we were talking about how when the Holy Spirit came 150 00:09:28,580 --> 00:09:30,820 and grace was upon the early church, 151 00:09:31,159 --> 00:09:33,240 that they were so benevolent. 152 00:09:33,639 --> 00:09:34,779 They were so generous. 153 00:09:34,919 --> 00:09:36,059 They were just pouring out. 154 00:09:36,200 --> 00:09:37,379 No one had any need. 155 00:09:37,940 --> 00:09:39,820 And they were just giving to one another 156 00:09:40,379 --> 00:09:42,480 at the feet of the apostles because they knew 157 00:09:42,480 --> 00:09:43,259 that there was need. 158 00:09:43,860 --> 00:09:45,399 But they said, you know, I have more than enough. 159 00:09:45,580 --> 00:09:47,080 I'll just, you know, I could sell this. 160 00:09:47,200 --> 00:09:47,720 I could do this. 161 00:09:47,860 --> 00:09:48,480 I could just give. 162 00:09:49,019 --> 00:09:51,519 And doesn't the Lord do that when you realize 163 00:09:51,519 --> 00:09:54,320 just what you've been saved from, 164 00:09:54,440 --> 00:09:56,480 what you've been forgiven of, what you've been given? 165 00:09:56,879 --> 00:10:00,019 You know, we have an eternity and inheritance 166 00:10:00,920 --> 00:10:03,139 set before us that we can never spend. 167 00:10:03,460 --> 00:10:06,840 I mean, we can tap into it, but we can never outspend it. 168 00:10:07,000 --> 00:10:08,159 It's going to go on and on. 169 00:10:08,159 --> 00:10:13,059 Like we have a glorious future in our inheritance with God. 170 00:10:13,559 --> 00:10:16,539 When you have that kind of trust fund, right, 171 00:10:16,700 --> 00:10:18,679 with the Lord, you don't have to worry too much 172 00:10:18,679 --> 00:10:19,860 about what's going on down here. 173 00:10:19,980 --> 00:10:22,299 You could spend it for others. 174 00:10:22,600 --> 00:10:26,759 You know, in fact, the Lord even says to use filthy mammon 175 00:10:26,759 --> 00:10:29,399 to win friends and influence enemies for the future. 176 00:10:29,559 --> 00:10:30,480 Again, I'm paraphrasing. 177 00:10:30,899 --> 00:10:34,120 But so anyway, so they were generous. 178 00:10:34,740 --> 00:10:36,100 And we saw that, you know. 179 00:10:36,100 --> 00:10:41,100 And then finally, the power of God is that fifth condition 180 00:10:42,620 --> 00:10:49,259 or situation or environment that the kingdom of God grows, okay? 181 00:10:49,639 --> 00:10:52,240 Because the power of God is exhibited. 182 00:10:52,659 --> 00:10:54,419 It's manifested, okay? 183 00:10:54,759 --> 00:10:58,379 That the word is dunamis, that holy power of God 184 00:10:58,379 --> 00:11:02,639 where we get the word dynamite, that explosive power of God, 185 00:11:02,779 --> 00:11:03,000 right? 186 00:11:03,000 --> 00:11:07,379 And so the Lord is going to bring in this sexual reading 187 00:11:07,379 --> 00:11:13,559 real power, real dunamis power in signs, wonders, healings, 188 00:11:13,840 --> 00:11:15,039 and deliverance. 189 00:11:15,659 --> 00:11:17,279 And so praise the Lord for that. 190 00:11:17,480 --> 00:11:19,840 So let's dive in and read. 191 00:11:20,019 --> 00:11:24,139 We're going to stop just a couple of times as we go. 192 00:11:25,580 --> 00:11:26,500 All right, verse 12. 193 00:11:27,419 --> 00:11:29,460 And through the hands of the apostles, 194 00:11:29,460 --> 00:11:35,139 many signs and wonders were done among the people. 195 00:11:36,299 --> 00:11:38,059 So let's just stop there for a second 196 00:11:38,059 --> 00:11:43,179 at the hands of the apostles, laying hands. 197 00:11:43,340 --> 00:11:45,080 And let's just talk about that a little bit. 198 00:11:45,360 --> 00:11:47,580 You know, especially if you're newer to Christianity. 199 00:11:48,440 --> 00:11:50,700 I know when I first started going to, 200 00:11:51,440 --> 00:11:52,559 I was not a believer yet, 201 00:11:52,580 --> 00:11:55,019 and I started going to our old Baptist church 202 00:11:55,019 --> 00:11:58,500 and even they laid hands on sometimes, I believe, didn't they? 203 00:11:58,500 --> 00:12:01,700 I guess they're a little advanced 204 00:12:01,700 --> 00:12:05,799 for what people used to classify as Baptists 205 00:12:05,799 --> 00:12:08,460 because we believed in the gifts of the Spirit 206 00:12:08,460 --> 00:12:09,659 in that Baptist church. 207 00:12:10,200 --> 00:12:11,440 And I can remember laying hands 208 00:12:11,440 --> 00:12:12,519 and somebody's like, touch me. 209 00:12:12,600 --> 00:12:13,299 I'm like, what are you doing? 210 00:12:14,399 --> 00:12:15,159 Are you weird? 211 00:12:16,500 --> 00:12:17,980 Because it was strange. 212 00:12:18,820 --> 00:12:21,320 And maybe to some of you, it's still kind of strange. 213 00:12:21,639 --> 00:12:23,360 Like, why do they do that? 214 00:12:24,039 --> 00:12:25,700 But it has a lot of symbolism 215 00:12:25,700 --> 00:12:28,240 and a lot of authority and power. 216 00:12:29,080 --> 00:12:34,139 In fact, it goes back really to the Old Testament. 217 00:12:34,820 --> 00:12:36,059 I won't get too much into it, 218 00:12:36,059 --> 00:12:38,899 but the priests were told 219 00:12:38,899 --> 00:12:42,940 to lay their hands on the head of the sacrifice. 220 00:12:44,019 --> 00:12:46,120 And in that way, it was like transmitting 221 00:12:46,120 --> 00:12:50,159 the sins of the people upon the sacrifice. 222 00:12:50,600 --> 00:12:53,039 So there's actually something happening here. 223 00:12:53,039 --> 00:12:55,399 It's like a transference, right? 224 00:12:56,000 --> 00:12:58,659 The sins of the people onto the animal, 225 00:12:58,820 --> 00:13:01,320 then the animal was slain 226 00:13:01,879 --> 00:13:03,980 because without the shedding of blood, 227 00:13:04,000 --> 00:13:05,299 there's no remission of sins. 228 00:13:05,639 --> 00:13:08,320 So by this animal dying for the people, 229 00:13:08,539 --> 00:13:11,600 it was in a sense taking their place, right? 230 00:13:12,080 --> 00:13:14,759 And so, of course, the scapegoat was a little different. 231 00:13:15,019 --> 00:13:16,039 We don't have time to get in all that, 232 00:13:16,039 --> 00:13:17,720 but they laid hands and that thing went off 233 00:13:17,720 --> 00:13:19,720 and hopefully didn't come back to town. 234 00:13:20,000 --> 00:13:20,620 Can you imagine that? 235 00:13:20,620 --> 00:13:23,139 It's like, he's back, you know? 236 00:13:24,179 --> 00:13:25,700 But so anyway, read into that. 237 00:13:25,840 --> 00:13:27,620 Just put in your blue little Bible scapegoat 238 00:13:28,379 --> 00:13:29,759 and you can read all about it. 239 00:13:29,759 --> 00:13:31,620 And so that's the idea, 240 00:13:32,200 --> 00:13:36,000 is laying hands caused something to happen, right? 241 00:13:36,340 --> 00:13:39,179 But in the New Testament, we even see it more. 242 00:13:39,320 --> 00:13:43,480 We see that they laid hands for signs and wonders. 243 00:13:44,340 --> 00:13:49,759 They laid hands to bring the Holy Spirit upon people, 244 00:13:49,759 --> 00:13:51,679 to impart the Holy Spirit. 245 00:13:51,799 --> 00:13:54,139 In fact, in Acts chapter eight, we see that. 246 00:13:54,299 --> 00:13:56,159 Remember, and then Simon the Sorcerer's watching like, 247 00:13:56,780 --> 00:13:59,899 oh, that looks like something I could use for me. 248 00:14:00,460 --> 00:14:02,100 Back to the old Ananias of Fire, 249 00:14:02,360 --> 00:14:04,220 kind of spirit of Satan, right? 250 00:14:04,639 --> 00:14:06,080 And saying, I kind of want that for me. 251 00:14:06,179 --> 00:14:07,779 And then remember, you know, Peter said, 252 00:14:07,799 --> 00:14:10,399 you are evil and wicked and kind of ended weird. 253 00:14:10,519 --> 00:14:11,899 You don't know what happened to him after that, 254 00:14:11,960 --> 00:14:14,139 but I guess we can't assume too many good things 255 00:14:14,139 --> 00:14:15,259 unless he repented. 256 00:14:15,720 --> 00:14:16,820 But anyway, I digress. 257 00:14:16,820 --> 00:14:21,700 So we get the idea that it imparts the Holy Spirit, okay? 258 00:14:22,120 --> 00:14:25,299 It also dispenses gifts of the Spirit. 259 00:14:25,700 --> 00:14:27,580 Paul writes to Timothy and he said, 260 00:14:27,779 --> 00:14:30,039 don't neglect the gift you receive 261 00:14:30,039 --> 00:14:34,779 as I laid hands on you and prophesied over you. 262 00:14:35,159 --> 00:14:38,100 And then he says it again in the second letter of Timothy 263 00:14:38,100 --> 00:14:40,220 to Timothy saying, you know, 264 00:14:40,919 --> 00:14:43,919 remember fan into flame that gift that you receive 265 00:14:43,919 --> 00:14:46,700 from the laying on of my hands, right? 266 00:14:46,700 --> 00:14:50,419 So there's a lot of importance to all this. 267 00:14:50,759 --> 00:14:53,440 And then finally commissioning to say, 268 00:14:53,700 --> 00:14:54,659 we're going to lay hands. 269 00:14:54,759 --> 00:14:57,460 In fact, how many, you know, you guys have seen missionaries 270 00:14:57,460 --> 00:14:58,779 being sent out, right? 271 00:14:58,940 --> 00:15:00,879 And everyone lays hands on them 272 00:15:00,879 --> 00:15:02,519 or point your hand towards them. 273 00:15:02,620 --> 00:15:04,179 You know, like that beam, 274 00:15:04,580 --> 00:15:06,220 that holy beam across the room. 275 00:15:06,480 --> 00:15:08,360 And we all lay hands on people 276 00:15:08,360 --> 00:15:10,360 and in a sense we're commissioning saying, 277 00:15:10,720 --> 00:15:15,100 may the Holy Spirit be upon you as before you go out, right? 278 00:15:15,100 --> 00:15:17,820 And so there's so much significance to this. 279 00:15:18,399 --> 00:15:22,059 So when we see it happening, it's not a weird thing. 280 00:15:22,659 --> 00:15:24,559 It's what God commands to do. 281 00:15:24,620 --> 00:15:25,639 We're going to get into that in a minute 282 00:15:25,639 --> 00:15:26,720 when we look at that verse. 283 00:15:27,179 --> 00:15:29,279 And so let's move on from there. 284 00:15:29,700 --> 00:15:31,740 So they're laying on of hands 285 00:15:31,740 --> 00:15:34,159 and signs and wonders were happening 286 00:15:34,159 --> 00:15:38,980 and they were all with one accord in Solomon's porch. 287 00:15:39,600 --> 00:15:41,539 Again, this is only the second 288 00:15:41,539 --> 00:15:44,100 of a couple of stops we're going to make. 289 00:15:44,100 --> 00:15:48,980 But Solomon's porch, if we could show that picture there 290 00:15:48,980 --> 00:15:52,080 and I showed this a few weeks ago or a couple of weeks ago. 291 00:15:52,759 --> 00:15:54,399 And so this is actually a model. 292 00:15:54,820 --> 00:15:57,220 Again, up here if you see, it's actually a walkway. 293 00:15:57,539 --> 00:15:59,480 This is in Israel, really cool. 294 00:16:00,059 --> 00:16:02,580 And it's supposed to be a pretty accurate model 295 00:16:02,580 --> 00:16:05,899 of the temple and the wall. 296 00:16:06,340 --> 00:16:08,000 Okay, of course the temple Mount is, 297 00:16:08,379 --> 00:16:09,440 there's no more temple there. 298 00:16:10,100 --> 00:16:12,799 And so anyway, remember a couple of weeks back, 299 00:16:12,799 --> 00:16:16,899 Peter saw the man who was lame since birth 300 00:16:16,899 --> 00:16:19,840 and he prayed and he healed him. 301 00:16:20,059 --> 00:16:21,659 And from that point they went over 302 00:16:21,659 --> 00:16:23,840 to what's called the Solomon's porch 303 00:16:23,840 --> 00:16:28,080 or Solomon's colonnade or portico, okay. 304 00:16:28,519 --> 00:16:30,720 And it was here that Peter and John 305 00:16:30,720 --> 00:16:32,480 were talking and preaching to people. 306 00:16:32,940 --> 00:16:35,779 So could you imagine you're heading into the temple 307 00:16:35,779 --> 00:16:37,620 and suddenly you see what's going on over there. 308 00:16:37,799 --> 00:16:39,679 There's a lot of action happening over there. 309 00:16:39,679 --> 00:16:42,659 So eventually curious people would start walking over 310 00:16:42,659 --> 00:16:44,620 and checking it out before you know it. 311 00:16:44,620 --> 00:16:46,220 They're here in the gospel, okay. 312 00:16:46,820 --> 00:16:49,100 And so here's where they are now. 313 00:16:49,279 --> 00:16:54,539 They're preaching in Solomon's portico or colonnade. 314 00:16:55,500 --> 00:16:59,419 And it's interesting because that's exactly where Jesus 315 00:17:00,420 --> 00:17:05,680 preached that amazing message in John chapter 10 316 00:17:06,019 --> 00:17:10,720 when he revealed that he is the son of God. 317 00:17:11,240 --> 00:17:13,900 And some people say he never said he was the son of God. 318 00:17:14,180 --> 00:17:15,940 He did in John chapter 10. 319 00:17:16,400 --> 00:17:18,839 And as he was preaching and he was saying, 320 00:17:19,099 --> 00:17:21,160 you know, I and the father are one. 321 00:17:21,400 --> 00:17:22,400 I'm like, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. 322 00:17:22,619 --> 00:17:24,380 First they said, are you truly the Christ? 323 00:17:25,039 --> 00:17:25,819 Oh yeah, yeah, yeah. 324 00:17:26,079 --> 00:17:28,160 I and the father are one. 325 00:17:28,440 --> 00:17:31,319 I mean, that would almost made their heads blow up. 326 00:17:31,619 --> 00:17:33,039 Did you hear what he just said, right? 327 00:17:33,460 --> 00:17:35,180 And he's like, you're compared. 328 00:17:35,180 --> 00:17:38,059 And he's picked up stones ready to stone them, right? 329 00:17:38,640 --> 00:17:40,299 And he says, for what good works 330 00:17:40,299 --> 00:17:41,839 are you about to stone me for? 331 00:17:42,579 --> 00:17:45,119 And he said, because you're claiming that you're God. 332 00:17:45,539 --> 00:17:48,059 And then he goes on and he says, well, you know, 333 00:17:48,920 --> 00:17:52,440 because I'm the son of God, not just like God, 334 00:17:52,579 --> 00:17:54,119 I am the son of God. 335 00:17:54,259 --> 00:17:56,380 I and the father are one. 336 00:17:56,839 --> 00:17:57,539 Isn't that amazing? 337 00:17:58,140 --> 00:18:00,200 So he preached that right in that location. 338 00:18:00,779 --> 00:18:04,500 So Solomon's porch has some great relevance 339 00:18:04,500 --> 00:18:06,079 even to this message. 340 00:18:07,359 --> 00:18:11,200 And they were in all in one accord we just read. 341 00:18:11,400 --> 00:18:12,440 So they're here. 342 00:18:12,740 --> 00:18:13,119 Oh, that's right. 343 00:18:13,380 --> 00:18:14,000 We don't need it. 344 00:18:14,240 --> 00:18:17,839 So they're up in the in the portico 345 00:18:17,839 --> 00:18:20,799 and they're, you know, and they're being preached to 346 00:18:20,799 --> 00:18:23,359 and they're just like minded. 347 00:18:24,900 --> 00:18:27,700 They're in fellowship, but they just love 348 00:18:27,700 --> 00:18:29,480 like this is a euphoric feeling. 349 00:18:29,839 --> 00:18:32,920 I mean, I feel so often when I'm with fellow believers, 350 00:18:32,920 --> 00:18:38,339 I'm like, you know, it's so great just understanding you 351 00:18:38,339 --> 00:18:41,319 because we have the same Holy Spirit. 352 00:18:42,059 --> 00:18:42,660 We're connected. 353 00:18:42,960 --> 00:18:44,279 We're eternally connected. 354 00:18:44,519 --> 00:18:45,140 Think about that. 355 00:18:45,640 --> 00:18:51,660 Any temporal issue we have, we are eternally connected. 356 00:18:52,579 --> 00:18:55,400 In fact, you know, we just, Jill and I just did 357 00:18:55,920 --> 00:18:58,200 premarital counseling with someone last week. 358 00:18:58,200 --> 00:19:02,680 And there's a topic on divorce. 359 00:19:03,059 --> 00:19:03,880 How do you feel about divorce? 360 00:19:04,440 --> 00:19:07,519 And we just say, we say the same thing actually 361 00:19:07,519 --> 00:19:10,119 that Jill's mom said to us. 362 00:19:10,859 --> 00:19:14,099 Never use the word D in your arguments. 363 00:19:15,180 --> 00:19:20,920 Like divorce is not part of your arguments vocabulary. 364 00:19:21,240 --> 00:19:22,039 It's just not there. 365 00:19:22,500 --> 00:19:25,599 Okay, because once you start to even suggest 366 00:19:25,599 --> 00:19:27,319 that there could be an end to this, 367 00:19:27,319 --> 00:19:30,339 if you do the wrong thing, it brings in doubt, 368 00:19:31,019 --> 00:19:32,700 questions, and fear, right? 369 00:19:33,359 --> 00:19:35,279 And so, you know, in the same way, 370 00:19:35,400 --> 00:19:38,220 when we have a falling out with a true brother and sister, 371 00:19:38,380 --> 00:19:41,299 and I say that because there are untrue ones, right? 372 00:19:41,619 --> 00:19:43,859 But a true one, you say like, this is such a nothing. 373 00:19:44,700 --> 00:19:46,660 Like, just like even when you think about it, 374 00:19:47,319 --> 00:19:48,200 Paul and Barnabas. 375 00:19:48,420 --> 00:19:50,019 Yeah, this isn't working out, okay? 376 00:19:50,279 --> 00:19:52,420 Now, I'm sure it's a little harsher than that, okay? 377 00:19:52,460 --> 00:19:53,400 But this isn't working out. 378 00:19:53,500 --> 00:19:55,660 All right, you and your nephew, you go to Cyprus. 379 00:19:55,660 --> 00:19:57,759 But I'm going, I'm taking Silas, 380 00:19:57,859 --> 00:19:59,299 and we're heading back where we were before. 381 00:19:59,640 --> 00:20:01,180 It's like, just work it out. 382 00:20:01,440 --> 00:20:02,839 We're eternally connected. 383 00:20:03,619 --> 00:20:06,200 Like, we have an eternal family in the States. 384 00:20:06,359 --> 00:20:08,019 Do we really want to mess it up 385 00:20:08,019 --> 00:20:11,019 with temporal arguments and discussions, right? 386 00:20:11,559 --> 00:20:14,839 And so, but one accord, and that's so important. 387 00:20:15,039 --> 00:20:18,099 This word, homophimodon, is like really means 388 00:20:18,099 --> 00:20:20,480 with one accord is actually one word, okay? 389 00:20:20,980 --> 00:20:21,500 Homophimodon. 390 00:20:21,880 --> 00:20:25,299 And it's used 11 times in the book of Acts. 391 00:20:25,299 --> 00:20:27,660 Because it's like-mindedness. 392 00:20:27,720 --> 00:20:29,740 That's why so many amazing things happen. 393 00:20:30,160 --> 00:20:33,119 Because it's a condition where the kingdom of God spreads. 394 00:20:33,579 --> 00:20:34,779 When people are saying, you know what? 395 00:20:35,299 --> 00:20:37,240 Whatever I have against you, it's unimportant. 396 00:20:37,440 --> 00:20:38,039 Because you know what? 397 00:20:38,059 --> 00:20:40,380 You probably rightfully have some things against me. 398 00:20:40,720 --> 00:20:41,759 Let's just work it out. 399 00:20:41,900 --> 00:20:42,920 You know, it's like-minded. 400 00:20:43,299 --> 00:20:44,680 In fact, the word says again, again, 401 00:20:44,740 --> 00:20:47,460 they had all things in common. 402 00:20:47,880 --> 00:20:51,619 And that like-mindedness, it was so important. 403 00:20:51,839 --> 00:20:52,700 That oneness. 404 00:20:52,700 --> 00:20:56,579 You know, Paul wrote about this oneness in Ephesians 4, 405 00:20:56,779 --> 00:20:58,000 verses 1 to 6. 406 00:20:58,200 --> 00:21:02,940 He said, I therefore, the prisoner of the Lord 407 00:21:02,940 --> 00:21:06,240 beseech you to walk worthy of the calling 408 00:21:06,240 --> 00:21:07,819 with which you were called, 409 00:21:08,440 --> 00:21:10,799 with all lowliness and gentleness, 410 00:21:11,180 --> 00:21:13,480 with long suffering here with one another, 411 00:21:13,940 --> 00:21:16,480 in love, endeavoring to keep the unity 412 00:21:16,480 --> 00:21:19,319 of the Spirit in the bond of peace. 413 00:21:19,319 --> 00:21:23,319 There is, watch this, one body, one Spirit, 414 00:21:24,380 --> 00:21:27,859 just as you were called in one hope of your calling, 415 00:21:28,539 --> 00:21:32,660 one Lord, one faith, one baptism, one God. 416 00:21:33,500 --> 00:21:36,039 And further all of you, I'm sorry, 417 00:21:36,380 --> 00:21:41,039 and God and Father of all who is above all 418 00:21:41,039 --> 00:21:43,319 and through all and in you all. 419 00:21:44,140 --> 00:21:46,180 There's a lot of ones there, isn't it? 420 00:21:46,420 --> 00:21:47,339 So we are one. 421 00:21:47,339 --> 00:21:49,079 In fact, it's interesting, Jesus said, 422 00:21:49,440 --> 00:21:52,980 may they be one with one another and with you and I, Father. 423 00:21:53,299 --> 00:21:56,680 Just one, like that connection, that one accord. 424 00:21:56,880 --> 00:21:58,400 It's so, so important. 425 00:21:58,660 --> 00:22:02,660 In fact, John Wesley was one of the founders 426 00:22:02,660 --> 00:22:05,039 of the Methodist movement, okay, 427 00:22:05,400 --> 00:22:06,960 which became the Methodist Church. 428 00:22:08,140 --> 00:22:11,559 And he wrote, though we cannot think alike, 429 00:22:11,799 --> 00:22:13,960 may we not love alike. 430 00:22:13,960 --> 00:22:17,180 We have so many disagreements about theology. 431 00:22:17,480 --> 00:22:19,460 Your theology, theology. 432 00:22:20,180 --> 00:22:21,900 It's not the Trinity, okay? 433 00:22:22,279 --> 00:22:25,859 Theology is not one of the persons of the Trinity. 434 00:22:26,240 --> 00:22:28,759 It's important to grasp Scripture. 435 00:22:29,380 --> 00:22:31,480 In fact, Ray, what did we just talk about upstairs 436 00:22:31,480 --> 00:22:32,460 a minute ago, right? 437 00:22:32,759 --> 00:22:34,359 A few minutes ago, we were talking 438 00:22:34,359 --> 00:22:38,619 and we were comparing what this other denomination thinks 439 00:22:38,619 --> 00:22:40,680 or whatever and I said, I think we're all gonna get 440 00:22:40,680 --> 00:22:43,059 to heaven someday and realize we had a little bit 441 00:22:43,059 --> 00:22:45,180 of this or that wrong, okay? 442 00:22:45,519 --> 00:22:47,519 I'm okay with that because you know what? 443 00:22:47,539 --> 00:22:48,519 We got the one thing right. 444 00:22:49,500 --> 00:22:51,099 Jesus Christ, okay? 445 00:22:51,440 --> 00:22:54,099 If I didn't realize there was some form of this 446 00:22:54,099 --> 00:22:56,079 and I just totally wrote it off, you know, 447 00:22:56,460 --> 00:22:59,440 it's like we got a major in the majors, okay? 448 00:22:59,700 --> 00:23:02,700 And not dissect theology and then judge someone 449 00:23:02,700 --> 00:23:05,420 based on what they believe about that little thing. 450 00:23:05,519 --> 00:23:06,619 I'm not talking about big things. 451 00:23:07,059 --> 00:23:08,920 I'm talking about little things, okay? 452 00:23:09,220 --> 00:23:11,660 It could bring true disunity. 453 00:23:11,660 --> 00:23:16,240 And so they were with one accord, just loving one another. 454 00:23:16,740 --> 00:23:20,019 And so let's move on from there. 455 00:23:22,099 --> 00:23:26,559 Verse 13, yet none of the rest dare join them. 456 00:23:28,079 --> 00:23:28,900 I wonder why. 457 00:23:29,240 --> 00:23:29,960 You know, think about that. 458 00:23:30,220 --> 00:23:32,160 Like they're walking, remember the portico 459 00:23:32,160 --> 00:23:33,299 and they're walking by and they're like, 460 00:23:33,380 --> 00:23:35,460 hey, there's some good people over there, okay? 461 00:23:36,079 --> 00:23:38,880 They're really like, a lot of good things are happening. 462 00:23:39,000 --> 00:23:40,980 They really love each other, you know? 463 00:23:40,980 --> 00:23:45,440 And they're really, they're so, they just seem like people 464 00:23:45,440 --> 00:23:46,279 I'd love to know. 465 00:23:47,240 --> 00:23:48,799 But I don't want to go there. 466 00:23:49,299 --> 00:23:51,039 I want to just go to what I'm used to. 467 00:23:51,259 --> 00:23:53,140 You know, religion's like that, isn't it? 468 00:23:53,500 --> 00:23:55,720 Religion really is a lot like that. 469 00:23:55,819 --> 00:23:57,559 It's like kind of saying, you know, 470 00:23:58,920 --> 00:24:02,299 I get the freedom and all, but that can't really be holy. 471 00:24:02,880 --> 00:24:03,880 It's too much fun. 472 00:24:04,480 --> 00:24:05,539 It can't be fun, okay? 473 00:24:05,799 --> 00:24:08,440 I remember my beloved mother, she's with the Lord now, 474 00:24:08,440 --> 00:24:12,680 and she would come and visit, okay? 475 00:24:13,079 --> 00:24:14,059 Us, okay? 476 00:24:14,799 --> 00:24:19,640 But then she had to go to her church, okay? 477 00:24:20,099 --> 00:24:21,579 Her Catholic church, I'll just say. 478 00:24:22,079 --> 00:24:23,920 She had to go to Catholic church, okay? 479 00:24:24,319 --> 00:24:26,319 Because she had to. 480 00:24:26,940 --> 00:24:28,539 It's part of who she was. 481 00:24:28,819 --> 00:24:31,619 It's like, it's, you know, it's just, 482 00:24:32,059 --> 00:24:35,140 her identity is being Catholic. 483 00:24:36,019 --> 00:24:38,180 But she believed everything we were doing 484 00:24:38,180 --> 00:24:39,240 here in this church. 485 00:24:39,380 --> 00:24:40,259 She thought it was tremendous. 486 00:24:40,559 --> 00:24:42,039 In fact, when she got saved, 487 00:24:42,200 --> 00:24:44,059 she was praising God towards the end there. 488 00:24:44,319 --> 00:24:46,140 I've never heard her speak like this. 489 00:24:46,279 --> 00:24:49,240 And it's the thresholds of her departure to heaven 490 00:24:49,240 --> 00:24:49,920 with the Lord. 491 00:24:50,519 --> 00:24:51,980 And she's suddenly saying things like, 492 00:24:52,339 --> 00:24:53,339 this is my mom? 493 00:24:54,200 --> 00:24:55,539 Like, where did this come from? 494 00:24:55,700 --> 00:24:57,920 80 years old, she's suddenly getting it. 495 00:24:58,059 --> 00:24:59,259 Praise the Lord, right? 496 00:24:59,380 --> 00:25:00,900 It's never too late, you know? 497 00:25:01,180 --> 00:25:03,900 The criminal on the cross is evidence of that. 498 00:25:03,900 --> 00:25:04,920 It's never too late. 499 00:25:05,460 --> 00:25:06,680 But really, it's like, man, 500 00:25:06,700 --> 00:25:09,019 she could have had so much, even more freedom. 501 00:25:09,920 --> 00:25:13,480 But she just, this is what I know, you know? 502 00:25:13,579 --> 00:25:14,839 And this is what people knew. 503 00:25:15,240 --> 00:25:16,240 They passed by. 504 00:25:16,339 --> 00:25:17,160 They wouldn't join them. 505 00:25:17,460 --> 00:25:19,859 But finally, some just broke loose and say, 506 00:25:19,940 --> 00:25:21,359 no, I got to go check this out. 507 00:25:21,539 --> 00:25:25,559 I'm going to see what's happening up there on the portico. 508 00:25:26,079 --> 00:25:27,740 And soon, it's not going to stay there either. 509 00:25:28,019 --> 00:25:29,660 It's going to spread out through the streets 510 00:25:29,660 --> 00:25:33,500 because you can't contain the Spirit of God. 511 00:25:33,500 --> 00:25:37,799 When the Lord is moving, he's just going to take over, you know? 512 00:25:38,039 --> 00:25:42,480 And the gates of Hades will not prevail against the kingdom of heaven. 513 00:25:42,640 --> 00:25:42,720 Amen? 514 00:25:43,380 --> 00:25:46,059 He's just going to boom, just blow the place up. 515 00:25:46,779 --> 00:25:47,619 So let's move on. 516 00:25:47,839 --> 00:25:48,759 And now we're going to finish. 517 00:25:49,039 --> 00:25:49,859 So verse 14, 518 00:25:51,680 --> 00:25:54,720 And believers were increasingly added to the Lord, 519 00:25:55,000 --> 00:25:57,359 multitudes of both men and women, 520 00:25:58,039 --> 00:26:01,579 and so that they brought the sick out into the streets 521 00:26:01,579 --> 00:26:04,579 and laid them on beds and couches, 522 00:26:05,420 --> 00:26:08,980 that at least the shadow of Peter passing by 523 00:26:08,980 --> 00:26:11,740 might fall on some of them. 524 00:26:12,539 --> 00:26:17,420 Also, a multitude gathered from the surrounding cities to Jerusalem, 525 00:26:18,119 --> 00:26:21,720 bringing the sick people and those who were tormented 526 00:26:21,720 --> 00:26:27,019 by unclean spirits, and they were all healed. 527 00:26:27,660 --> 00:26:29,099 That's not a throw-in word. 528 00:26:29,099 --> 00:26:31,400 The word literally is all. 529 00:26:31,640 --> 00:26:33,440 They were all healed. 530 00:26:34,140 --> 00:26:36,420 I mean, wow, they were all healed. 531 00:26:36,700 --> 00:26:38,660 I just want to mention the shadow of Peter, 532 00:26:39,319 --> 00:26:42,299 because, you know, actually dating back to Egypt, 533 00:26:43,000 --> 00:26:47,240 there were a lot of writings about people, you know, 534 00:26:47,579 --> 00:26:51,960 mystically believed that the shadow was like an extension 535 00:26:51,960 --> 00:26:54,680 of the person's soul or spirit, 536 00:26:54,680 --> 00:26:59,400 and it had some embodiment in and of itself. 537 00:26:59,740 --> 00:27:01,539 I guess, I hope I'm explaining that correctly. 538 00:27:02,319 --> 00:27:05,539 And so the shadow had an importance, okay? 539 00:27:06,059 --> 00:27:09,599 And, you know, and had a personality, in a sense, 540 00:27:09,700 --> 00:27:12,559 or at least an identity of itself, 541 00:27:12,759 --> 00:27:16,900 because it was an extension of someone else, the shadow, right? 542 00:27:17,440 --> 00:27:22,059 And yet, it does not say the shadow healed anybody, okay? 543 00:27:22,059 --> 00:27:25,500 But they wanted to get so close to Peter 544 00:27:25,500 --> 00:27:27,799 that even if his shadow just touched, 545 00:27:28,160 --> 00:27:30,759 but they're all healed regardless. 546 00:27:31,720 --> 00:27:33,980 I mean, it's amazing how sometimes the Lord works, 547 00:27:34,359 --> 00:27:36,980 even in spite of people's superstitions 548 00:27:37,640 --> 00:27:42,220 and false beliefs, He just blesses them anyway. 549 00:27:42,619 --> 00:27:45,279 Just because He wants to demonstrate His power. 550 00:27:45,500 --> 00:27:46,680 I was talking to somebody recently. 551 00:27:46,880 --> 00:27:49,079 They're talking about how they pray the rosary 552 00:27:49,079 --> 00:27:50,720 and great things happen, and I'm like, 553 00:27:51,799 --> 00:27:54,019 well, you know, there's a lot of things 554 00:27:54,720 --> 00:27:55,980 that don't line up with that. 555 00:27:56,319 --> 00:27:58,460 And I grew up Catholic, so I know, you know, 556 00:27:58,779 --> 00:28:01,180 but like, you know, just take most of the prayers 557 00:28:01,180 --> 00:28:04,119 on that chain, they're to the wrong person, right? 558 00:28:04,799 --> 00:28:08,359 But anyway, but like, you know what? 559 00:28:08,660 --> 00:28:12,079 If you're using this to stay, keep yourself in line, 560 00:28:12,660 --> 00:28:15,900 I don't agree with it, but just keep following Jesus, okay? 561 00:28:16,000 --> 00:28:17,500 Just follow Jesus. 562 00:28:17,920 --> 00:28:19,240 Don't follow a shadow. 563 00:28:19,740 --> 00:28:24,000 Don't follow a person who has the gimmicky ways 564 00:28:24,000 --> 00:28:27,680 to do this, to do that, to get healed, to deliver. 565 00:28:28,119 --> 00:28:30,660 You know, yeah, it's great if they have a method super, 566 00:28:30,839 --> 00:28:33,160 but it's always Jesus Christ, okay? 567 00:28:33,299 --> 00:28:35,079 Everything else is a shadow. 568 00:28:35,740 --> 00:28:38,920 Everything else is not the real deal, you know? 569 00:28:39,220 --> 00:28:42,140 And the Lord, for one reason or another, His graciousness, 570 00:28:42,359 --> 00:28:44,559 He just says, yeah, yeah, they got that completely off, 571 00:28:44,759 --> 00:28:45,380 but you know what? 572 00:28:45,640 --> 00:28:47,319 I'm gonna heal them anyway, okay? 573 00:28:47,319 --> 00:28:48,839 And they heal them anyway. 574 00:28:49,039 --> 00:28:54,039 And it's just so amazing to see God be so benevolent like that. 575 00:28:54,200 --> 00:28:57,339 You know, in fact, I love even the things 576 00:28:57,339 --> 00:29:00,660 that were a picture in the Old Testament 577 00:29:00,660 --> 00:29:04,480 weren't really the Messiah, right? 578 00:29:04,579 --> 00:29:06,240 They were pointing to the Messiah. 579 00:29:06,680 --> 00:29:10,259 I love this verse in Colossians 2, 16 and 17. 580 00:29:10,900 --> 00:29:14,880 It says, let no one judge you in food or in drink 581 00:29:14,880 --> 00:29:18,500 or regarding a festival or a new moon or Sabbath, 582 00:29:18,660 --> 00:29:19,579 in other words, the law, 583 00:29:20,059 --> 00:29:23,440 which are a shadow of things to come, 584 00:29:23,720 --> 00:29:26,759 but the substance is of Christ. 585 00:29:27,039 --> 00:29:28,819 It's always about Jesus Christ. 586 00:29:29,119 --> 00:29:30,880 He's the power, and of course, His Holy Spirit, 587 00:29:31,619 --> 00:29:32,619 because they're all one, right? 588 00:29:33,099 --> 00:29:36,740 And so it's Jesus who always heals. 589 00:29:37,059 --> 00:29:38,380 It wasn't Peter's shadow. 590 00:29:38,799 --> 00:29:40,700 It wasn't anything else, and it wasn't Peter. 591 00:29:41,159 --> 00:29:45,019 It was Jesus Christ who healed through His Holy Spirit. 592 00:29:45,980 --> 00:29:48,920 And so, you know, so we read this, okay? 593 00:29:49,299 --> 00:29:52,339 And I don't know about you, but I read all were healed. 594 00:29:53,420 --> 00:29:55,079 And I know some of you right now, 595 00:29:55,200 --> 00:29:56,019 there might be someone saying, 596 00:29:56,140 --> 00:29:57,200 well, I'm getting healed today. 597 00:29:58,420 --> 00:29:59,000 Praise the Lord. 598 00:30:00,140 --> 00:30:01,660 But there might be some that are saying, 599 00:30:01,740 --> 00:30:03,559 oh, we're not gonna do this whole thing, are we? 600 00:30:04,140 --> 00:30:07,180 And go like healing and going on and on about. 601 00:30:07,380 --> 00:30:09,680 Today is the day you're gonna be healed right here, 602 00:30:09,680 --> 00:30:10,319 right now. 603 00:30:11,160 --> 00:30:13,279 You know, why not? 604 00:30:13,500 --> 00:30:15,740 Why won't He heal the same way He did yesterday 605 00:30:15,740 --> 00:30:17,039 as He does today? 606 00:30:17,380 --> 00:30:19,859 I'll be honest, I got a situation in my shoulder 607 00:30:19,859 --> 00:30:21,519 and you know about my heart. 608 00:30:21,859 --> 00:30:23,279 Maybe the heart will be healed today. 609 00:30:23,359 --> 00:30:24,559 I won't know for a while, anyway. 610 00:30:24,960 --> 00:30:27,700 But my shoulder, you know, but like a part of me is saying, 611 00:30:27,940 --> 00:30:32,140 yeah, but, you know, maybe for someone else. 612 00:30:33,319 --> 00:30:35,619 But not necessarily for me, because, you know, 613 00:30:35,700 --> 00:30:36,420 I got this thing. 614 00:30:37,000 --> 00:30:38,019 That's wrong thinking. 615 00:30:38,659 --> 00:30:39,859 It's wrong thinking. 616 00:30:40,279 --> 00:30:43,819 I'll tell you what, like, when my nephew, Ian, okay, 617 00:30:44,220 --> 00:30:46,859 he was born with so many issues, okay, 618 00:30:47,319 --> 00:30:49,200 and we would pray, Jill and I, 619 00:30:49,319 --> 00:30:50,779 we would be telling him the gospel, 620 00:30:51,019 --> 00:30:52,160 but he couldn't communicate. 621 00:30:53,000 --> 00:30:54,799 And he was in a wheelchair all of his life, 622 00:30:54,900 --> 00:30:56,019 never ate a meal. 623 00:30:57,359 --> 00:30:58,559 Always ate through a tube. 624 00:30:59,200 --> 00:31:01,220 And I just, just like, Lord, why? 625 00:31:01,680 --> 00:31:01,859 Why? 626 00:31:02,240 --> 00:31:03,680 You know, and we would pray, 627 00:31:03,900 --> 00:31:05,019 and I would pray and literally, 628 00:31:05,180 --> 00:31:06,700 we'd be on vacation all together. 629 00:31:06,700 --> 00:31:08,519 Let me say, Lord, when I get up tomorrow morning, 630 00:31:08,759 --> 00:31:11,339 I'm going to go downstairs, and he's going to be walking. 631 00:31:12,060 --> 00:31:13,099 I'm believing it. 632 00:31:13,440 --> 00:31:14,619 I'm trusting it. 633 00:31:14,740 --> 00:31:15,640 And I'm just, and I'm just like, 634 00:31:15,779 --> 00:31:17,940 almost like I'd have to bang my head on the floor 635 00:31:17,940 --> 00:31:21,000 just to believe this is going to happen in Jesus' name, 636 00:31:21,240 --> 00:31:23,920 you know, and just committed, committed, committed. 637 00:31:25,099 --> 00:31:25,960 And it didn't happen. 638 00:31:26,660 --> 00:31:27,799 And then the Lord took him home. 639 00:31:28,799 --> 00:31:30,460 And we were at his memorial, 640 00:31:31,200 --> 00:31:33,079 and it was amazing, I don't have time to get in all of it, 641 00:31:33,079 --> 00:31:34,799 but it was amazing how his nurses 642 00:31:34,799 --> 00:31:38,700 probably experienced more of the grace of God 643 00:31:38,700 --> 00:31:41,240 through this boy that never said a word, 644 00:31:41,839 --> 00:31:43,759 who was trapped in a wheelchair, 645 00:31:44,559 --> 00:31:46,279 but just smiled all the time, 646 00:31:46,359 --> 00:31:48,059 even after 150 surgeries. 647 00:31:49,000 --> 00:31:49,680 Just smiled. 648 00:31:50,339 --> 00:31:51,119 Like, really? 649 00:31:52,039 --> 00:31:53,900 They just loved, they talked about him 650 00:31:53,900 --> 00:31:55,839 as if they had conversations with him. 651 00:31:56,339 --> 00:31:58,680 And I'm like, wow, like, 652 00:31:58,759 --> 00:32:00,220 did I miss out on something? 653 00:32:00,539 --> 00:32:03,160 You know, I was seeing what he was lacking, okay, 654 00:32:03,160 --> 00:32:06,319 and what he was missing out on, and we all loved him. 655 00:32:06,900 --> 00:32:11,099 And, but like, they actually received something else 656 00:32:11,099 --> 00:32:15,759 from the Lord through this boy who was trapped in a wheelchair, 657 00:32:15,779 --> 00:32:17,420 who couldn't speak a word, 658 00:32:18,160 --> 00:32:21,180 who was just held in captivity of this tent. 659 00:32:22,880 --> 00:32:25,500 And, you know, so when that happened, I'll admit, 660 00:32:26,319 --> 00:32:30,880 my faith in prayer kind of did this quirk screw. 661 00:32:31,500 --> 00:32:34,599 It's like, God's gonna do what he's gonna do, isn't he? 662 00:32:34,799 --> 00:32:36,200 Like, does it really matter? 663 00:32:36,900 --> 00:32:37,640 I'm just being honest. 664 00:32:37,759 --> 00:32:38,299 Don't tell anybody. 665 00:32:38,500 --> 00:32:39,140 I'm confessing. 666 00:32:41,260 --> 00:32:44,460 But I just really was like, what's it matter? 667 00:32:45,400 --> 00:32:45,440 Right? 668 00:32:45,720 --> 00:32:46,680 I mean, have you ever been there? 669 00:32:46,819 --> 00:32:47,779 You don't have to raise your hand. 670 00:32:48,140 --> 00:32:48,980 But have you ever been there? 671 00:32:49,099 --> 00:32:50,099 Like, does it matter at all? 672 00:32:51,079 --> 00:32:53,200 And I'm just like, oh, okay, you know, it's, 673 00:32:53,319 --> 00:32:55,279 but I still, I love you and all that, 674 00:32:55,319 --> 00:32:57,180 but maybe things aren't the same as, you know, 675 00:32:57,180 --> 00:32:59,519 and all that, but I would keep reading, 676 00:32:59,759 --> 00:33:02,180 like in 2 Peter chapter one, 677 00:33:02,359 --> 00:33:04,339 we are new creations, divine nature, 678 00:33:04,839 --> 00:33:07,259 you know, living in the divine power of God. 679 00:33:07,460 --> 00:33:08,460 Like, what about all that? 680 00:33:08,519 --> 00:33:09,779 What about we're new creations? 681 00:33:09,920 --> 00:33:13,000 What about, I will do these things just like the Lord, 682 00:33:13,220 --> 00:33:16,460 just like in Mark chapter 16 verse 17, 18, 683 00:33:16,819 --> 00:33:19,400 these signs will follow those who believe, right? 684 00:33:19,559 --> 00:33:20,160 Thank you, Tammy. 685 00:33:20,680 --> 00:33:23,000 You know, that they will take up serpents 686 00:33:23,000 --> 00:33:24,519 and drink anything deadly, 687 00:33:24,519 --> 00:33:26,539 and they will by no means hurt them, 688 00:33:26,539 --> 00:33:28,660 and they will lay hands on the sick, 689 00:33:28,980 --> 00:33:30,460 and they will recover. 690 00:33:30,740 --> 00:33:32,359 Like, what about all that, God? 691 00:33:32,980 --> 00:33:34,759 You know, what about when he says greater things 692 00:33:34,759 --> 00:33:36,579 you will do than these, you know? 693 00:33:37,019 --> 00:33:41,200 Because when he says that in John chapter 14 and 16, 694 00:33:41,359 --> 00:33:45,400 you will do greater things than even these things that I do. 695 00:33:45,480 --> 00:33:46,500 What about all that? 696 00:33:47,380 --> 00:33:49,119 And then I have Ian, you know? 697 00:33:49,559 --> 00:33:50,160 I'm at it, you know. 698 00:33:51,420 --> 00:33:52,799 And then all of a sudden, the Lord, 699 00:33:52,799 --> 00:33:56,680 just like something came up. 700 00:33:57,359 --> 00:33:59,819 And suddenly, this friend of mine, 701 00:34:00,019 --> 00:34:03,960 he had asbestos-related sinusitis, 702 00:34:04,799 --> 00:34:07,579 and he was on perpetual prednisone, 703 00:34:08,059 --> 00:34:10,699 and he was having significant issues. 704 00:34:11,920 --> 00:34:12,860 And I said, you know what? 705 00:34:13,079 --> 00:34:15,059 Hey, you know, can I pray for you about that? 706 00:34:15,159 --> 00:34:16,599 And he's like, yeah, sure. 707 00:34:16,960 --> 00:34:18,139 And he's a funny guy. 708 00:34:18,460 --> 00:34:19,639 He's, yeah, do it. 709 00:34:19,760 --> 00:34:21,179 He's a believer, a strong believer. 710 00:34:21,179 --> 00:34:24,840 And I prayed, and he tells me, like, a while later, 711 00:34:24,920 --> 00:34:28,300 you know, I've never had another infection again, 712 00:34:28,300 --> 00:34:29,780 and my sinus is after that. 713 00:34:29,960 --> 00:34:31,360 Then I'm like, like, what? 714 00:34:32,019 --> 00:34:35,699 Like, whoa, yeah, I'm like, wow, praise the Lord, you know? 715 00:34:36,079 --> 00:34:38,679 And then all of a sudden, Jill and I went to the hospital, 716 00:34:38,679 --> 00:34:42,159 and this girl and her teens had Guillain-Barre. 717 00:34:42,400 --> 00:34:43,320 I don't know if you've ever heard of that, 718 00:34:43,340 --> 00:34:45,500 but you go paralyzed, and it works its way up. 719 00:34:45,539 --> 00:34:46,980 My mom had it at one point. 720 00:34:47,320 --> 00:34:50,079 And this was traveling up, and it usually just takes over. 721 00:34:50,079 --> 00:34:54,900 Sometimes the whole body, and then if you're feeding it enough antibiotics 722 00:34:54,900 --> 00:35:00,039 and you're doing the blood phoresis and, like, siphoning it out, 723 00:35:00,239 --> 00:35:03,139 it'll eventually creep back out of the body, okay? 724 00:35:03,460 --> 00:35:04,500 But it takes weeks. 725 00:35:04,880 --> 00:35:07,039 My mom was on a ventilator with this stuff. 726 00:35:07,679 --> 00:35:10,059 And I remember just Jill and I literally crying, 727 00:35:10,380 --> 00:35:13,380 kneeling on the floor at the side of her bed, just praying. 728 00:35:13,659 --> 00:35:15,780 And it was working its way up her body, 729 00:35:15,800 --> 00:35:18,039 and then finally got to about here. 730 00:35:18,679 --> 00:35:21,880 And then suddenly we're heard from the parents 731 00:35:21,880 --> 00:35:23,960 that it's going back down. 732 00:35:23,960 --> 00:35:25,519 And they were, what? 733 00:35:26,260 --> 00:35:27,639 Suddenly that happened. 734 00:35:28,159 --> 00:35:30,179 Then suddenly this other guy that had something 735 00:35:30,179 --> 00:35:34,039 like I had with this ventricular tachycardia, 736 00:35:34,719 --> 00:35:36,900 and it was not going away, suddenly it's gone. 737 00:35:37,400 --> 00:35:38,239 And it's not me. 738 00:35:38,780 --> 00:35:42,019 I'm just saying, God was saying, just get up. 739 00:35:42,780 --> 00:35:44,239 Stop this, like, boo-hoo, boo. 740 00:35:44,739 --> 00:35:45,800 Like, what about Ian? 741 00:35:45,800 --> 00:35:49,739 Well, what about everything else that I want you to be praying for? 742 00:35:49,940 --> 00:35:53,679 What about everyone else that needs healing? 743 00:35:53,960 --> 00:35:56,900 I have my own reasons for things, okay? 744 00:35:57,159 --> 00:35:59,940 Perhaps I got somehow more glory out of what happened 745 00:35:59,940 --> 00:36:03,019 at his memorial service than any other thing, you know? 746 00:36:03,380 --> 00:36:04,400 What about that? 747 00:36:04,679 --> 00:36:08,400 Like, who am I to judge God on one situation 748 00:36:08,400 --> 00:36:12,900 and say, all right, that's my go-to example 749 00:36:12,900 --> 00:36:15,360 of why God won't do it this time? 750 00:36:15,360 --> 00:36:17,179 Or won't do it next time? 751 00:36:17,380 --> 00:36:21,179 Like, you know, that is impoverished thinking. 752 00:36:21,559 --> 00:36:22,260 That's wrong thinking. 753 00:36:22,280 --> 00:36:26,159 We have to believe what God can and will do today 754 00:36:26,159 --> 00:36:29,000 and expect that he wants to. 755 00:36:29,860 --> 00:36:31,539 Why should we judge him and say, 756 00:36:31,800 --> 00:36:34,059 oh, you probably don't want to do this, Lord? 757 00:36:34,659 --> 00:36:38,159 You know, why not just trust that he will do it 758 00:36:38,159 --> 00:36:41,519 and wants to do it and believe that he will? 759 00:36:42,139 --> 00:36:43,679 There's been just so many examples. 760 00:36:43,679 --> 00:36:46,059 You know, I was thinking, and I'm like, so many examples 761 00:36:46,059 --> 00:36:48,059 aren't even healing, but I'm thinking, wow. 762 00:36:48,300 --> 00:36:51,400 You know, it could just go on and on and on. 763 00:36:51,519 --> 00:36:54,460 My own mother was a beautiful thing. 764 00:36:56,339 --> 00:36:58,539 And so she was in the hospital. 765 00:36:58,760 --> 00:37:00,440 She was always on her oxygen tank. 766 00:37:00,920 --> 00:37:01,599 She was like blue. 767 00:37:02,639 --> 00:37:04,099 And I'm like, you know, I'm just thinking, 768 00:37:04,099 --> 00:37:05,679 she can't make it through this, you know? 769 00:37:06,079 --> 00:37:07,980 And I said, Mom, can I pray for you? 770 00:37:08,320 --> 00:37:08,920 And I prayed. 771 00:37:09,159 --> 00:37:11,260 All of a sudden, she was off the tank the next day. 772 00:37:11,300 --> 00:37:12,559 She still slept with it. 773 00:37:12,559 --> 00:37:14,300 But she was off the tank. 774 00:37:15,000 --> 00:37:17,639 And she's telling my whole family, Chris prayed for me 775 00:37:17,639 --> 00:37:20,420 and my lungs haven't felt this good in 10 years. 776 00:37:20,940 --> 00:37:21,820 And I'm like, what? 777 00:37:22,480 --> 00:37:25,340 You know, because he still wants to do it today. 778 00:37:25,880 --> 00:37:29,380 You know, Ken and Debbie gave such amazing examples, 779 00:37:29,800 --> 00:37:32,400 like amazing examples on Friday night 780 00:37:32,400 --> 00:37:34,400 that it can go on and on and on. 781 00:37:34,679 --> 00:37:37,119 And giving examples of, I love the one you were sharing, 782 00:37:37,119 --> 00:37:39,719 how you, you know, she had one issue. 783 00:37:40,500 --> 00:37:42,199 You asked more questions. 784 00:37:42,960 --> 00:37:45,400 And she revealed something that was going on in her life. 785 00:37:45,940 --> 00:37:48,360 You prayed for that other situation in her life, 786 00:37:48,380 --> 00:37:49,480 which was a relationship. 787 00:37:50,380 --> 00:37:52,800 And suddenly she was healed from her physical issue. 788 00:37:53,619 --> 00:37:54,039 Like what? 789 00:37:54,300 --> 00:37:56,059 Like, you know, God knows. 790 00:37:56,559 --> 00:38:00,460 God knows what he wants to do, even here today. 791 00:38:01,280 --> 00:38:03,099 You know, can I just see a raise of hands? 792 00:38:03,099 --> 00:38:07,059 How many people here have been healed? 793 00:38:07,420 --> 00:38:09,099 Jerry Dover, you better, do you have five arms? 794 00:38:09,760 --> 00:38:12,239 You better, right? 795 00:38:12,920 --> 00:38:14,519 I mean, I know I have, you know? 796 00:38:14,940 --> 00:38:19,480 I mean, Jerry Dover, five cancers healed from, right? 797 00:38:19,860 --> 00:38:21,519 I mean, we've all been healed. 798 00:38:21,699 --> 00:38:22,039 And you know what? 799 00:38:22,099 --> 00:38:24,360 We also don't even know the things that we were healed from 800 00:38:24,360 --> 00:38:25,260 that we didn't know we had. 801 00:38:25,579 --> 00:38:26,619 He already took them away. 802 00:38:27,059 --> 00:38:28,820 It's like, you know, he just removed them. 803 00:38:29,219 --> 00:38:30,219 There's so many things. 804 00:38:30,219 --> 00:38:33,079 All of you have been healed from things. 805 00:38:33,739 --> 00:38:37,000 And I'm just going to invite, with the balance of our time, 806 00:38:37,659 --> 00:38:40,000 Brie and Jake, if you guys would come up. 807 00:38:40,780 --> 00:38:43,719 And, oh, and Josiah's going to bless us with, 808 00:38:44,320 --> 00:38:46,800 he's joining the group. 809 00:38:47,219 --> 00:38:48,719 All right, let's give Josiah a little. 810 00:38:51,820 --> 00:38:52,800 Now a trio. 811 00:38:53,300 --> 00:38:54,519 Wasn't that a great duo, though? 812 00:38:55,000 --> 00:38:55,599 That was awesome. 813 00:38:56,159 --> 00:39:02,440 But, you know, like, let's expect he wants to do something here today. 814 00:39:03,420 --> 00:39:06,420 He wants to bring healing, you know? 815 00:39:06,800 --> 00:39:10,440 And if you already say, yeah, but this is too complicated for God, 816 00:39:10,599 --> 00:39:12,099 you know it isn't, okay? 817 00:39:12,480 --> 00:39:14,739 He can do whatever he wants. 818 00:39:15,079 --> 00:39:16,519 He has designed you. 819 00:39:16,800 --> 00:39:18,659 He knows every hair on your head, 820 00:39:19,139 --> 00:39:21,760 mine decreasing as each day goes by. 821 00:39:22,219 --> 00:39:25,079 And he knows everything going on in your body. 822 00:39:25,079 --> 00:39:26,360 He knows where it is. 823 00:39:26,599 --> 00:39:28,340 He knows how to fix you. 824 00:39:29,079 --> 00:39:30,460 You know, he made you. 825 00:39:30,619 --> 00:39:31,380 He designed you. 826 00:39:31,500 --> 00:39:32,940 He knows how to fix you. 827 00:39:33,219 --> 00:39:35,440 And perhaps today he wants to do this 828 00:39:36,440 --> 00:39:40,619 just to even boost your faith so that you will go out there 829 00:39:40,619 --> 00:39:43,099 and pray for others for healing. 830 00:39:43,219 --> 00:39:45,019 Because, you know, we're all his hands and feet. 831 00:39:45,420 --> 00:39:46,840 We're all called to do this. 832 00:39:47,179 --> 00:39:50,199 Just like he said before he left, he goes, 833 00:39:50,380 --> 00:39:52,480 you know, you will do these things that I've done. 834 00:39:52,480 --> 00:39:55,159 These signs and wonders will follow you. 835 00:39:55,320 --> 00:39:58,420 You will lay hands on the sick, and they will be healed. 836 00:39:58,699 --> 00:40:01,000 This is going to happen. 837 00:40:01,940 --> 00:40:03,380 This is going to happen. 838 00:40:08,980 --> 00:40:10,719 So let's worship for a moment, 839 00:40:10,840 --> 00:40:12,119 and we're just going to prepare ourselves, 840 00:40:12,380 --> 00:40:18,380 and we're going to invite you guys to receive healing. 841 00:40:19,179 --> 00:40:20,719 And we're going to keep it right now 842 00:40:21,239 --> 00:40:23,239 specifically to physical healing. 843 00:40:25,579 --> 00:40:28,880 Deliverance can be a little more complicated in this setting, you know. 844 00:40:31,380 --> 00:40:32,719 Perhaps, though, in your heart, 845 00:40:32,880 --> 00:40:36,099 you want to be delivered from a spirit, an evil spirit, 846 00:40:36,119 --> 00:40:37,800 you know, that keeps tormenting you. 847 00:40:38,380 --> 00:40:40,579 You know, he can do that here and now as well. 848 00:40:41,119 --> 00:40:42,179 He can cast it out. 849 00:40:42,260 --> 00:40:43,840 Maybe that's part of the reason you're sick. 850 00:40:44,579 --> 00:40:46,440 You know, we see that again and again in Scripture 851 00:40:46,440 --> 00:40:49,440 that we actually get sick because of the spirit 852 00:40:49,440 --> 00:40:51,320 that is tormenting us. 853 00:40:52,059 --> 00:40:54,920 I've had a tormenting spirit, you know, not possessed. 854 00:40:55,159 --> 00:40:57,860 I was a believer, but I still was tormented. 855 00:40:58,920 --> 00:41:01,619 And I suddenly realized, this isn't me. 856 00:41:02,239 --> 00:41:03,699 These aren't even my thoughts. 857 00:41:05,320 --> 00:41:07,840 Something has latched on to me. 858 00:41:08,820 --> 00:41:11,000 Something is telling me these things, 859 00:41:11,199 --> 00:41:13,880 and this voice isn't coming from within. 860 00:41:14,000 --> 00:41:15,159 It's coming from without. 861 00:41:15,739 --> 00:41:18,920 It's out there, and I'm hearing it. 862 00:41:19,480 --> 00:41:21,099 I don't know how it's getting here, 863 00:41:21,219 --> 00:41:24,820 but I have to just identify what it is and label it. 864 00:41:24,840 --> 00:41:28,039 This is a demonic attack from the enemy. 865 00:41:30,219 --> 00:41:33,159 But I believe the Lord wants to heal us today, 866 00:41:33,239 --> 00:41:34,679 right here, right now. 867 00:41:35,960 --> 00:41:37,659 We're going to ask the Lord to do that. 868 00:41:38,940 --> 00:41:42,360 Let's just sing a measure or two and prepare. 869 00:41:47,400 --> 00:41:50,300 Thanks for joining us at Lansdale Life Church 870 00:41:50,300 --> 00:41:52,820 as we praise God and discuss His Word. 871 00:41:53,519 --> 00:41:56,559 Don't forget to join us for Worship Lives Sunday mornings 872 00:41:56,559 --> 00:41:58,980 at 10 a.m. Eastern on YouTube. 873 00:42:00,019 --> 00:42:02,059 Be blessed and have a great day!